Religion and Faith

Looking for God in the Capitol corridors
Elected officials should take care when they invoke the Almighty for political advantage.
The Dead Sea Scrolls come to Minnesota
The Dead Sea Scrolls went on public display today at the Science Museum of Minnesota, offering visitors a rare glimpse of the ancient religious documents.
Slideshow: The Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls have come to Minnesota, and Tom Crann took a tour of the exhibit with Dr. Michael Wise, a professor of the Hebrew Bible and scholar-in-residence at Northwestern College in Roseville, a consultant for the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit.
Slideshow: The Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls have come to Minnesota, and Tom Crann took a tour of the exhibit with Dr. Michael Wise, a professor of the Hebrew Bible and scholar-in-residence at Northwestern College in Roseville, a consultant for the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit.
Whether in Egypt or America, there's a place where religious and cultural differences needn't matter so much.
Dalai Lama plans visit to Wisconsin
The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, will celebrate the public grand opening of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin on May 15.
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis says donations to Haiti earthquake relief from its 217 parishes together with online contributions have exceeded $1 million.
Translation to explain Episcopal tenets in Hmong
Words like "peace" and "mercy" are vital to talking about Christianity. They're just two of many English words difficult to translate smoothly as an evolving Episcopal congregation tries to create a Hmong version of the denomination's Book of Common Prayer.
One of St. Paul's best-known Catholic high schools is closing. Officials with St. Bernard's parish on the City's North End said this year will be the school's last.
Civil Rights pioneer discusses U.S. race relations then and now
Rev. Joseph Lowery was on the front lines of the Civil Rights struggle, working closely with Martin Luther King Jr. Lowery helped lead the Montgomery bus boycott and headed up a broader push to fight Jim Crowe segregation. He spoke recently at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston about his life and work.